Novel regulatory interactions revealed by studies of murine limb pattern in Wnt-7a and En-1 mutants.

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Classical embryological experiments have demonstrated that dorsal-ventral patterning of the vertebrate limb is dependent upon ectodermal signals. One such factor is Wnt-7a, a member of the Wnt family of secreted proteins, which is expressed in the dorsal ectoderm. Loss of Wnt-7a results in the appearance of ventral characteristics in the dorsal half of the distal limb. Conversely, En-1, a homeodomain...

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